DescriptionIn this episode of Jazz From the Archives, host Loren Schoenberg interviews George Avakian, an American record producer, manager and executive. This recording contains the second hour of their...
Interviewee NameAvakian, George
Date Created1997-02-10
Subject(s)Jazz musicians, Jazz, Sound recording executives and producers, Talent scouts, Jazz--History and criticism, Avakian, George
DescriptionIn this episode of Jazz From the Archives, host Dan Morgenstern presents and comments on the work of Willie Cook, an American jazz trumpet player. This recording represents the first hour of a...
Date Created1983-03-20
Subject(s)Jazz musicians, Jazz, Trumpet players, Jazz--History and criticism, Cook, Willie
DescriptionIn this episode of Jazz From the Archives, host Dan Morgenstern presents and comments on the work of Willie Cook, an American jazz trumpet player. This recording represents the second hour of a...
Date Created1983-03-20
Subject(s)Jazz musicians, Jazz, Trumpet players, Jazz--History and criticism, Cook, Willie
DescriptionThe recording opens with the conclusion of "I Cover the Waterfront" featuring Benny Carter on trumpet, followed by Carter (alto saxophone) and his Orchestra performing "I'm the Caring Kind" with...
DescriptionVocalist Peggy Lee performs "Lonely Woman," accompanied by the piano. The tune was composed by Benny Carter. Both sides of the lacquer disc are from an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) Jubilee...
DescriptionThe Benny Carter Orchestra performs "Polishin' Brass" at the Trianon Ballroom in California. J.J. Johnson composed and arranged the tune. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast...
DescriptionThe Benny Carter (trumpet) and his Orchestra perform "My Guy's Come Back" with vocalist Lucy Elliot at the Trianon Ballroom in California. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast...
DescriptionBenny Carter (trumpet) and his Orchestra perform "I Cover the Waterfront" at the Trianon Ballroom in California. Benny Carter arranged the tune. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio...
DescriptionThe Benny Carter Orchestra perform "Prelude to a Kiss" and "Just You, Just Me" (incomplete). Both sides of the lacquer disc are from an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) Jubilee broadcast.
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone) and his Orchestra perform "Have Mercy," with vocalist Mercedes Carter at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast...
